Apply for Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE)
This waiver program provides in-home and community-based services as an alternative to a nursing home.
- A Medicaid waiver provides recipients certain services not normally covered by Medicaid for a person with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities. These services can take place in the person’s home or in the community.
- Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE) serves frail, elderly, and disabled Georgians. It provides coordinated services in their home or community.
- SOURCE can provide adult day care, alternative living services, personal care, home delivered meals, and respite care for family caregivers.
How Do I … Apply for SOURCE?
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Make Sure You’re Eligible
To qualify, you must be eligible for Medicaid and:
- Be 65 or older (or, if younger than 65, meet certain disability requirements)
- Require nursing home level care
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Gather What You'll Need
- Verification of income
- Verification of assets, such as bank accounts or property
- Verification of citizenship
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Submit Your Application
The Georgia Division of Aging Services administers SOURCE through the Area Agencies on Aging. You can apply for SOURCE by calling your Area Agency on Aging (AAA).
- Call the toll-free, state-wide number for the Area Agency on Aging at 888-669-7195.
- Once connected, an AAA staff member will screen you by asking questions about your situation.
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Next Steps
If you are approved, you will be assessed by a SOURCE staff member to identify your needs. Based on this assessment, a plan of care will be developed to assist you with appropriate services.